Central Australian firefighters get extra resources

Firefighters will get more resources during this year's bushfire season in Central Australia.

Bushfires NT has sent two fire units from Darwin to Alice Springs to help firefighters during the bushfire season in Central Australia.

Senior Fire Control Officer Geoff Kenna says the units have the capacity to use both water and foam to suppress wildfire outbreaks.

He says the additional resources will be an important back-up for fire crews on the front line.

"They'll be manned by either Bushfires staff or Bushfires volunteers," he said.

"What will happen is that they just make it so much easier having more resources on a fire ground to round a fire up much more easily and quicker, which obviously can assist in preventing spread to areas that may be threatened by that fire."